The latest patents from Tamron, Canon, Olympus, Samsung

Tamron's latest patent is for a 135mm f/2.8 lens for APS-C based cameras (202.5mm equivalent).

Canon filed patents for several different lenses:

Olympus filed a patent for a 40-200mm f/4 Micro Four Thirds lens.

Samsung filed a patent for a viewfinder with automatic parallax adjustment.

Olympus patented a light field adapter that can achieve selective focusing after the image has been taken similar to the current Lytro camera.